Buying a car is a huge endeavor for most people. Most of the time we do our due diligence and make sure we have a fair understanding of what we are purchasing. However, only so much information is under of our control. When buying a used car, we are often…
Imagine you are in an accident with a negligent driver. You seek to recover from the negligent driver’s insurance company, only to discover that he or she does not carry any insurance. If you are in Louisiana, you are in luck. Louisiana’s uninsured motorist (“UM”) law protects drivers from the…
In 2011 Peggy McCastle-Getwood was an employee at the K-Mart in Mandeville, Louisiana. On May 26, 2011 she arrived to work around 8:00 a.m. and went to the back of the store to place her belongings in the locker room. With a cup of coffee in her hand, Ms. McCastle…
In Louisiana if you are hurt at work there are workers’ compensation laws in place to make sure the injured employee gets the type of relief he or she needs and deserves. Within the Workers Compensation Statutes there are deadlines and time frames to which both sides must adhere and…
Gerald O”Hara from Gone with The Wind said it best, “The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.” While land ownership is a sacred right in this nation it does not prevent the…
Imagine your child passed away in the most horrific way. You seek remedies in the court system, but the court does not recognize your right of recovery as a parent. What a nightmare. In Louisiana, a putative (unestablished) father must timely file an action for avowal (a father’s action to…
As the old saying goes, “accidents happen.” But, in personal injury lawsuits, like in many matters, another saying is more on point: “The devil is in the details.” And on that point the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment in favor of the City of West Monroe…
On the back roads of Louisiana it is not uncommon to see tractors and other farm equipment traversing the highway. If that farm equipment is involved in an accident with a car everyone involved might have a different story on how it occurred. If that happens it takes the best…
Anyone who has purchased chicken from a grocery store knows that for some reason the packing always seems to leak. But what happens if that leakage occurs in a grocery store and you slip on it and hurt your back, is the grocery store responsible? The following case out of Washington Parish…
The Louisiana Revised Statutes along with rules of jurisprudence help Louisiana courts determine whether or not a particular driver is at fault for an accident. For example, La. R.S. 32:81(A), provides that drivers must not follow another vehicle unreasonably close and must take into account the speed of the vehicle…